State Street Corporation announced the launch of the SPDR MarketAxess Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond ETF (LQIG). Designed to blend the advantages of an ETF with the tradability benefits of investing in US Investment grade corporate bonds with higher liquidity compared to the broader U.S. corporate bond market, LQIG offers investors credit exposure with the potential for tighter bid-ask spreads, lower premium/discounts, and more transparency into the underlying holdings' real-time valuations. Fixed income markets are evolving with smarter electronic trading protocols, more sophisticated, automated investment strategies and greater availability of useful data.

MarketAxess US Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index is a more data-driven approach to indexation and is paving the way for improved index and portfolio construction. The SPDR MarketAxess Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the MarketAxess U.S. Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index. The Index measures the performance of 400 U.S. dollar denominated investment grade corporate bonds with higher-than-average liquidity relative to the broader U.S. corporate bond market.

Powered by MarketAxess' proprietary liquidity and pricing data – Relative Liquidity Score and Composite+™ pricing engine – the Index combines actionable liquidity with broad market exposure. MarketAxess' data capabilities support real-time pricing, liquidity assessment and valuation, allowing for greater transparency and tradability.